by Polly Gasston | Jan 19, 2019 | Events
Our first event this year starts next week, Wednesday January 23rd. For two weeks, Polly will be in a joint selling exhibition with Mike Morrison, a photographer, who will be exhibiting and selling his images from St. Petersburg. A stunning collection of 22ct gold...
by Polly Gasston | Jun 21, 2018 | News
Wrong. We’ve got so many pearls in the workshop just waiting to be made into something wonderful, and going through them the other day it struck me how different they are, and yet they’re all pearls. A bit like potatoes, really. It took an Irish woman to...
by Polly Gasston | May 21, 2018 | Events, News
The wedding season, that is. And not just because of the RW – which was fabulous all the way – but because it’s spring, and summer will come, and everyone wants the perfect weather for their perfect day so therefore it’s wedding season....
by Polly Gasston | May 1, 2018 | Events, News
I have just discovered that after all my years in the trade I don’t actually know an awful lot about hallmarking! Oh, I know the important bits like it’s illegal to sell an item as precious metal if the hallmark has not been applied; I know what...
by Polly Gasston | Apr 16, 2018 | Events, News
… does it catch my eye? What is it about the ancient Egyptian combination of semi precious stones and gold that appeals to us so much? Every civilisation has used semi precious stones and gold, but there’s just something about lapis and turquoise and...